Claude Charles McColloch (January 14, 1888 – September 30, 1959) was a member of the

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and later a

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of the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

Education and career

McColloch was born in Red Bluff,

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, to Mary Elizabeth McColloch (''

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'' Wooddy) and her husband Charles Henry McColloch on January 14, 1888.Colmer, Montagu, and Charles Erskine Scott Wood. ''History of the Bench and Bar of Oregon''. Portland, Or: Historical Pub. Co, 1910. pp. 176-77. When McColloch was two years old, the family relocated to

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, where he received his education through high school in

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. McColloch entered

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in Palo Alto, California, in 1904 and attended until 1907, when he left for the

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. He graduated from law school in 1909, with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree and was admitted to the Oregon

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in May of that year. Returning to Oregon, he began private legal practice in Eastern Oregon in Baker City. McColloch remained in Baker until 1913, and served in the

after winning election to a four-year term in 1910. A

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, he represented Baker County.1911 Regular Session (26th).
Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on June 2, 2008. In 1913, he returned to Portland where he remained in private practice until 1926. While in Portland, he served on the Port of Portland commission from 1922 to 1924. In 1926, McColloch moved to

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where he set up private practice in Klamath Falls. He remained in that city until 1937, and served as chairman of Oregon's Democratic Party in 1936.

Federal judicial service

On August 5, 1937,

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nominated McColloch for a position on the United States District Court for the District of Oregon to replace the deceased Judge

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. McColloch was confirmed by the

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on August 17, 1937, and joined the Portland-based court on August 20, 1937, after receiving his commission. He served as Chief Judge from 1954 to 1958. He took

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on December 31, 1958. McColloch died on September 30, 1959.

References

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